The Opelousas courier. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1852-1910, 1887-07-23
Items Of Interest

sented in the National Assembly as any State
in the Union. Two truer or more able demo-
cratic representatives could not be selected.
The party demands their reelection.
Anewspaper SO far as unanimity of inter
est is concerned is joint stock company
Every local paper is for the interests OF its |
town. The interests of town are the inter
ests of the citizens, and the man who holds
up the hands of the newspaper helps to |
boom the town.-Lake Charles Echo.
Alexandria Democrat Our compress is as
sured-thanks to our liberal and enterprislng |
citizens. And we are not satisfied yet. we
want three or four more railroads, one or two |
factories, an oil mill, ice works, a street rail-,
road, electric lights and all such things. And !
will we have them, gentle reader you ASK. |
Why, certainly; and a population OF ten
thousand in three years. We areJust started; (;
clear the track !! |
N. O. Chronicle: w. H. Harris, Commits
sioner of Immigration, has issued circular to
presidents of police iuries of this State, urg-
ing them to send mp specimens for the Louis, |
lama display at the Chicago lnternationa1
Fair, to open September Z. Articles should
be shipped to reach New Orleans by "A Angasit g1si
cago Exposition, Local Freight Agent, New
Orleans, La" The opportunity to adVerlise
the advantages of the State should be avalied
of to the fullest extent, and there will De am
pie space for the exhibit.
Shreveport Journal: The reform press, nav-
ing signally failed to establish the various
charges made against Gov. McEnery ana nus ms
administration, are now in extremis, anu aes-
perately cling to the charge that his IS "a per-
sonal government" just as the drowning man
is said to cling to straw. 1t makes no sorG
of difference that the charge Is retuIed Dy
such instances as the appointment OF police
Jurors in Caddo parish, nine out OF ten ap-
pointed having bitterly opposed the Governor
In the last campaign. This knocked them OH
their pins. After being rubbed down BY their
bottle holders they again come smlllng 20 the
scratch We believe the people OF Louisiana
are too intelligent to be imposed upon by TINS
weak attempt, and that they will Judge GOV.
McEnery by his acts and their results, which
incontestably prove that he is one OF the very
best governors the State ever had.
The following political hot shots are from
the Terrebonne Advocate:
When the people of this State vote 1or
Governor they do so on the supposltlon tnaG
he is fa1lly qualified to hold the responsible Po-
sition of Governor But Nichols had to be
forced out at the end of three years, ana TO-
day his friends are audacious enough 10 Drins
him out of his political tomb to reform 'he
politics of Louisiana! r.
The most certain political event of the tu-
ture ia that Francis T. Nichols will neuer be
governor of Louisiana. And don't you fofget
What will become of the Reformers in eSs So
| Will they bolt? If Reformers justify one Doit'
| thew will find it very easy to justify anotnef'
| Reformers forget that the firmest ana no.
blest ground on which people can live Is the
| truth Truth and Louisiana Reform are
| sworn enemies. VIZ.
Who is going to reform the Reformers we
know not, but the devil himself would nave
| his hands full if he should attempt It,
Terrehonne Advocate: The rallying cry of
the reform press of the State has been tha5
Gov McEnery appoints only his political
friends to Office The East Carroll Democrat
| takes up this question and publishes the names
of all the Governors appointees in that par
| isb. showing that majority OF the poilce Jury
onnosed MeEnery in the last campaign; of
nine members of the School Board only TWO
| supported him, and of five notaries public ali
| were opponents save one. But facts hke
these do not bother the Governors opponents
at ALL They made the charge early that tne
only test the Governor required OF an aspif-
ant to parochial office was support OF the So
called ring, and none but his supporters were
anpointed But when it was demonstrateu
that the parishes had made more progress un-
der these Same police juries than ever before
without Withdrawing the previous stasemeaS, saa
the reform papers boldly declared that THESE
same police Jurors were opponents OF the GOV
ernor and supporters of the reform ring.
The Monroe Bulletin truthfully says: There
should be a dosre manifested by the sleepy
towns in Louisiana at the present time 20 60
forward in public esteem and to ENJOY a shart
of the sunshine of favor which is being SO gen
erously shed upon other portions OF the Union
We should endeavor to attain two results
One is securing the incoming OF desirable peo
| nle TO aid in development, and the other LII
increasing that local pride and enterprise
which will make every place which cherishes
them better and brighter But we cant fea
sonably expect to attract eapleat un,sss " W.
| held out substantial inducements. Ane Ia
dustrial Gazette of st. Louis is our aubnoflSS
, for stating that over 100 cities ana toWn
throughout the West, South ana oouSnMss
offer bonuses of land and money, VIII exels
facility, for the location OF foundries, nachAu
(. shops, wagon and carriage shops, grisI ah'
saw mills. In the face OF such offers as shes
it is highly probable that towns when fel.
, solely ON "natural advantages" WILL De "
nored by capitalists for many years to come
observation-disclosures: II will unite witt
the honest men of all political opin ions, with
! out distinction of color, to defeat the ring
said Gen Nichols, when he was after defeai
| ing st. Martin. the Democratic nominee 10
Congress, in 1884. As John Fitzpatriek wa
leading the st. Martin forces, the vuiga
throne thought that the Generals langnag
. was in great measure, leveled at " Boss Eitz
Z Had the General aimed to bulldoze "the Boss
I with this threat he could not have succeede
! any better. Not only has Boss Flfz foun
: his way to the mourner's bench IN the ReIofl
4 Ill.
: lev. Duffy and Davey after him. The ds
t. when the Big Four y will renounce all ali
9 Iiation with "the ring and be bapelsed
p due form, has mot been set apart. neither hs
1 ii been ordained that the day will be one
J fasting and prayer. Many . sinner won
, cheerfnly pay dollar to see the " Big kou
2 attired In the white robes OF Innocence an
undergoing baptism according to the rites
g the Reform church and il the admission 4
u is put down at that popular figure, we pr
q dict that there won't be standing room IN q
J | church-nay, not even in the cock loft.
9 Shreveport Journal: The i" reform" Dem
is Gratis had best bend their energies IN tne
l. Irection of reforming the political record
III their chieftain Gen. Nichols, before starting
ct a crusade against MeEnery and the dem
OF cratic field generally. If Gen. Nichols ls
m model democrat, then the standard OF deH
b. cracyehas degenerated terribly. From y
n, form standpoint Gen. Nichols committed
i'd wrong in aIlying himself with Warmotn O.
le the radical negro, Jim Lewis, for the puEpe
of defeating Gen. ST. Martin, the regular
snoeratic nominee In the estimation of t
4.reformers he displayed his love and de'
tion to the democratic party by creating scr
and dissensions in the party ranks by asaa
ing the Democratic State administration
ii thes stump in the Third MFR. Gaysl district
be 1884. which gave Mr.. Gay only 699 MAJOR
to and gave Blaine nearly 5 900 inaloIlsy-ss
he result of Mr.. Nichols effort WIN ] I
MT more such model democrats as zen. y acnoi
ia. Louisiana could with the greatest saIety
Do. counted in the Republican column. Niehs
he ID no Democrat but reformer. That SIM
means the adoption and carrying lnto eI
Dls any measure to defeat his opponents, by O
We bining with such honest men as Warme
Lewis & Go.